2. What is your position title?Investments - Real Estate and Mortgages Intern

3. What does your job entail/what you will be doing over the course of the internship?Conducting annual loan reviews, analyzing and making recommendations on State Farm’s current REIT portfolio, credit analysis on potential tenants, assisting analysts with loan recommendations, traveling to meet with loan brokers and inspect potential investment properties.

4. Why were you drawn to this company/position?

After working in a relatively small company over the last year, I really wanted to get experience in a large, Fortune 500 company in the finance field. State Farm started recruiting before most (early September), so I took a shot and applied to both of their investments positions (Fixed income and real estate) and was hoping I’d be considered for at least one! Also, being from Blono I’ve always had a lot of respect for State Farm as a company and how they treat their employees.

5. What do you most hope to get out of your experience?

Learn and experience more about my field than I could in a regular classroom setting. After only one week, I’d say it’s been pretty successful.

6. Work with any brothers (active or alumni)?

Not from the Xi Psi chapter - but I do work with a brother from University of Missouri! (and a DSP but we won’t go there) And occasionally I get to IM Lindsey Brightwell.

7. Best experience thus far?

Well, besides being able to wear jeans on Friday and having soft serve ice cream, Pizza Hut, Salsarita, and Chick-fil-a in the cafeteria...

The department is extremely welcoming and everyone is eager to help, no matter their seniority. I’ve been able to ask anyone and everyone for advice, questions, or just stop by to say hi. Our VP is taking the 3 interns out to lunch on Monday, just because!